Good Bye 2016

We can say that 2016 was an even bigger year for Internet of Things (IoT), something that is not particularly special. The year had bring good Internet of Things stories, and news, but we are far to reach the expectations.

I believe that Gartner has fails and the IoT industry has not explode in 2016.

I did not see that Millennials has accelerated Internet of Things action as IDC predicted.

Neither 2016, was the critical year for defining the LPWA networks and connectivity that Machina Research now part of Gartner anticipated.

Sorry Vodafone, IoT has not been vital to the customer experience.

While larger companies such as Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel are making deep investments in IoT products, new startups such as Samsara, Monnit and others are doubling down on the space as well.

The barriers for IoT adoption have been many and well known. IoT not yet ready for mass deployment, says IDTechEx. Benchmarking study concludes that many pre-requisites for mass adoption of Internet of Things are not yet in place and market will scale up at a slower rate than predicted.

But enough of sticking to the good of the IoT wizards. Let’s review what the fortune tellers say is waiting for us in 2017.

What will be of IoT in 2017?

First things first, here are some of the links with the predictions for 2017 that I’ve collected so far.

Morgan Stanley: 2017 The Year Of Internet Of Things –We at are an inflection point for the development and adoption of IoT technology, that’s the main takeaway from a new report on the Internet of Thing industry from Morgan Stanley published last week. The IoT market has moved on significantly over the past 12 months. This time last year there was much hype surrounding the technology, although many speculated it would be years before the public widely adapted IoT devices. However, per Morgan Stanley’s research, almost the entire semiconductor industry is preparing for the manufacture and introduction of IoT devices and related hardware to the market.

Internet of Things Institute – 11 IoT Predictions for 2017 – Prediction 3 “Recruiting Will Remain a Challenge for Organizations with IoT Initiatives”. Is really a prediction?. In 2017, we will see a growing number of consumer-facing connected products that use connectivity to solve real problems. And more predictions in the same web What’s in Store for IoT Security in 2017

CEOs will ‘exit’ at least 30% of chief marketing officers for not mustering the blended skill set needed to drive digital business transformation, design exceptional personalize experiences and propel growth

There will be a doubling of business-head turnover as CEOs come to terms with what’s needed to propel their company forward in a customer-led, digital-centric business

There also are some downsides predicted for next year.

For example, a Fortune 1000 company will fail because of a cyberbreach, more than 500,000 Iot devices will be compromised and national security risks will drive agencies to expand surveillance technologies, creating legal and ethical conflicts between governments and people.

The Internet of Things and big data technologies have progressed enormously in 2016 – and 2017 is set to be a year when more enterprise use cases come to fruition. We will see More augmented reality-based products, Greater consolidation in the IoT market. 2017 will be a “team-building year”.

The Internet of Things architect role will eclipse the data scientist as the most valuable unicorn for HR departments. The surge in IoT will produce a surge in edge computing and IoT operational design. Thousands of resumes will be updated overnight.

Smartphones may also be key to IoT beyond the remote control paradigm. As two in five advanced internet users believe their phones will soon learn what we do and perform activities for us automatically, smartphones could soon interact with a wealth of other devices on our behalf.

In 2017, IT leaders will look to take the next important step in IoT—automating the onboarding and security processes for all devices needing network access (whether they are IoT, BYOD or guest devices) to provide a better user experience while safeguarding network security (Alan Ni, Director of Vertical Marketing, Aruba (an HPE company).

IoT architectures will continue to push data analytics to the devices whenever possible, greatly reducing the amount of data sent upstream and minimizing the load on the network infrastructure. (Mike Krell, Lead IoT Analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy).

Pentaho – IoT systems will evolve in 2017 to help businesses prosper during uncertain times in five ways. Self-service data prep will unlock big data’s full value; organizations will replace self-service reporting with embedded analytics; IoT’s adoption and convergence with big data will make automated data onboarding a requirement; – Quentin Gallivan, CEO of Pentaho

o Threats against SCADA systems will also become more widespread, as SCADA providers continue to move towards TCP/IP as protocol of choice within their networks and the decreasing cost of chips leads to ever “smarter” (and thus easier to exploit) industrial process controllers and sensors.

o Targeted attacks, possibly targeting corporations public cloud presence, will also be on the increase in 2017, as threat actors ranging from nation states to industrial espionage outfits to activist NGOs will seek to exploit the security weaknesses in organizations.

o Darknets and the associated markets in illegal materials and services (cyber-crime tools included) represent an emergent problem, which will probably rise again to mainstream attention during 2017 . The highly successful (and thus highly centralized) Silk Road market has been crushed by law enforcement, but a myriad TOR-ified or otherwise hidden specialized markets have sprouted in its stead, and are expected to continue growing to the point of becoming again a global problem.

Top 10 IoT 2017 wishes from my side

For the first time, I will dare to write not my own predictions, but my wishes Here they go:

The End of the free IoT of Pilots and PoCs. – After years of abuse, IoT Consultants and IoT vendors do not accept to implement free Pilots/Proof of Concepts.

For the first time the number of IoT platforms will shrink and some key vendors will offer a Cloud/Edge application enablement. In 2017 many IoT platform vendors will work on exit strategies.

We will continue living in a world of IoT Subnets but IoT Gateway vendors will design equipment to easy integrate LoRA, NB-IoT, SigFox, Ingenu and 3G networks.

Alarming Increment of attacks and new IoT threats will make Governments finally to act. – Hackers are so excited about demonstrating IoT vulnerabilities that they will attack all kinds of connected systems and products.

Machines will design the new protocol for M2M using Machine Learning algorithms –The protocol will become the standard in 10 years.

Disillusionment with Connected Car, the Driverless Cars and Smart Homes will continue in 2017. Lack of standards and network infrastructure and we cannot forget that most people likes to drive.

We will read some finally success stories about how wearables and augmented / virtual reality positively affect productivity and healthcare.

Growth of the Internet of Things and Robots in digital marketing.

Small and Medium Enterprises will begin to adopt simple IoT solutions

Mergers and Acquisitions in IoT will continue, the interest will be in companies with vertical industry knowledge/ references and less in technology.

“I know I left a lot of wishes, but I can not overcharge Santa Claus. Merry Christmas.”